Apparatus for collecting and hoisting goods.



No. 739,933. PAT'EYNTED SEPT. 29, 1 903.

P. W. SIEURIN.

APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND HOISTING GOODS.

APPLICATION FILED me. 27, 1902.

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No. 739,933. PATENTED SEPT. 29, 1903.

. P. W. SIEURIN.

APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND HOISTING GOODS.

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APPARATUS FORGO-LLEGTING AND HOISTING GOODS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2'7, 1902 H0 MODEL. 3 SHEBTS-SHEET 3.

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- UNITED STATES v Patented September 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL WILHELM SIEURIN, OF GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,933, datedSeptember 29, 1903. Application filed August 27, 1902. Seriallie-121,177. (No model.)

vented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Collectingand Hoisting Goods, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a device for automatically collecting andhoisting up goods-- for instance, coal or corn-out of the hold of aship.

According to this invention a scoop orv bucket constructed in a specialmanner is used, which bucket is dragged forward in the hold for thegoods and then hoisted up, the filling of the said bucket taking placeautomatically, so that the number of workmen necessary for unloading isconsiderably reduced. ,The invention is illustrated in the annexeddrawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a bottomplan view, ofthe scoop or bucket. Fig. 3 represents the hold of a ship,the hatch being removed. Fig. 4. is a section of such hold; Fig 5, adetail of construction. Figs. 1*, 2", 3* are respectively sideelevation, sectional top plan, and transverse section of a modificationof the dogging device. Figs. 4., 5, and 6 are details of saidmodification. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 illustrate steering devices. Fig. 10 isan enlarged planview of a portion of the hold of the ship, showing myinvention in place; and Fig. 11 is a detail of an attachment device.

The bucket is designated by the numeral 1. The under side or draggingsurface 2 thereof is extended forward to form a rounded edge 3, and itis desirable that this extension shall be such in respect to the body ofthe scoop or bucket that goods received in the body of the scoop so farcounterbalance those upon the extension that the scoop will tilt on theextreme rear upon striking against an obstacle for instance, a trough,channel, or such. Moreover, this extension serves to make the bucketheavier, so that this latter by itself effectively engages with thegoods. A bail 4. is provided, which is to be attached to the draggingchain or rope of a winch 6. One or more stops 7-for instance, one oneach side of the bucket are so located that the bail 4 lies almostparallel with the under side 2 of the bucket when this latter is beingdragged, and in order to hold the bail in this position, which may bedesirable for goods so light as coal, there is a locking-dog, which isdropped upon the bail. Other shoulders 8, against which the bail 4.bears in hoisting up, are arranged opposite those aforementioned. Inorder to facilitate the engagement of the bucket with the goods and itsfilling therewith, there are on the under side or the sliding surface 2ribs 11, which besides serving as reinforcements and runners areextended beyond the edge 3 in the form of teeth or guards 12, whichgrasp the goods strongly and, so to say, loosen up the same.

" Concerning the shape of the bucketin other respects, it maybe'observed that the sides provided with the bail-pivots 13 are planes,whereby said pivots need notproject more than is necessary for forming abearing for the bail, and there is no material obstruction to draggingthe bucket forward in the goods. It will also be observed that the rearedge 5 of the bucket is straight in order that the receptacle may rideon the said edge in being hoisted up without rocking sidewise.

The bucket is provided on the upper side with hooks 14 for coupling to arope and at the back or bottom with two or more rollers a, so that whenempty or even when fully loaded it may be pushed about on a surfacerelatively evenfor instance, on the floor of the hold'or magazine.

The bold or magazine 9, Figs. 3 and 4:, is provided with chains, ropes,or such like 16, which are attached at the lower corners of suchcompartment, and the upper ends of which are connected to the edge ofthe hatchway by engagement with permanent staples 33, Figs. 10, 11, towhich blocks 17, are also secured at the beginning of unloading. Thesechains, ropes,&c., may be detachably connected at their upper ends, sothat they may be attached to other points in the hold or magazine inorder to afford suitable points of support for the rope or chain 15 fordragging the bucket or scoop, which chain runs about a tackle -block 18,which may be ad- ICO justed along any given chain 16 as the unloadingproceeds. Goods from any desired point in the hold or magazine may becollected thus, and the attendant belowhas only to uncouple the scoopfrom the drag-rope 15 after it is filled and to couple it to thehoisting-rope.

As to the stop 7 and the locking-dog 10, these parts are shown upon aslide-piece (see Fig. 5) adjustable along a slot bin order that the bail4 may be brought to difierent angles in relation to the sliding surface2 of the bucket. For instance, in unloading of ores, which are veryheavy goods, it is advisable to have the bail adjusted more toward thesliding surface 2 in order that the goods may be better grasped.

A modification is shown in Figs. 1, 2 3", 4, 5, and 6, in which the pawlis replaced by a bolt 10, which may be moved in and out of the wall ofthe receptacle 1, and the inner edge of which is surrounded by a casing23, riveted to a slide-plate on the inner side of. the receptacle andcontaining a spring 21, which presses the bolt outward, and a bar 17'with beveled edge 18, which acts against a bevel 19 on the bolt in suchmanner that this will be pressed inward when the bar is drawn out. Aspring 20, attached to the plate 15 and arranged in the casing 23, tendsto draw the bar 18 in, so that the' spring 21 may move the bolt outwardto lock the bail after the latter has been drawn past the outer beveledsurface of the bolt. The

videdviz., one on both sides of the bucket l-it may be advisable toconnect the bars 17' by means of a common bar 22, so that the bolts canbe drawn in simultaneously.

In Fig. 7 is shown a socket 27 for reception of a bar 29, which servesfor steering the receptacle 1 by hand during the maneuvering of thesame. In Fig. 9 this socket is replaced by two ears 28.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In an unloadingapparatus the combination of a chain 10 extending from a suitableanchorage through the hatchway, and thence to variable points in thehold, of blocks attached to said chains at the point where they entersaid hatchway, blocks adjustably attached to the chains in the hold, acable rove through said blocks, means for winding said cable, and ascoop operated by the cable.-

2. In an unloading apparatus, the combination of a chain 16 extendingfrom a suitable anchorage, through the hatchway, and thence to variablepoints in the hold, of guide-blocks attached to said chains, adjustableblocks attached to the chains in the hold, a cable rove through saidblocks, means for winding said cable, a scoop operated by the cable,said scoop being provided with a pivoted bail to which the cable isattached and adjustable stops, and adjustable dogs to engage said bailwhen in operative position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL WILHELM SIEURIN.

Witnesses:

N. MfiKANsoN, CHAS. FREDBORG.

